Step aside, artificial intelligence. Another transformative technology with the potential to reshape industries and reorder ...

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, interacting very weakly with ordinary ...

Researchers at TU Wien have developed a one-dimensional “quantum wire” using a gas of ultracold atoms. In this system, both ...

The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

Axions are hypothetical light particles that could solve two different physics problems, as they could explain why some ...

Setting aside the insane upheaval going on i n US science, this year’s Physics World Live series will give you a sense of ...

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

Physicists have identified a new superfluid phase in a class of quantum systems that, until recently, looked too unstable and ...

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

The sheer pace of quantum activity from tech firms in 2025 would have been unthinkable even five years ago, says Catherine ...